1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 70 Who buys monkey tickets? !

Because Milan, the "traitor" around him, Xia Tian couldn't hide many things from his friends.

For example, recording children's songs!
When the children's song was broadcast, it was already the end of January.

It was broadcast once every day at noon and evening for more than a week. This was to make it easier for listeners to learn and copy the lyrics.

Pants was so happy: "Brother Tian'er, I listened to "Where is Spring"! You sang it well~"

That face is so hideous!
The only household appliance in Pants' family is the radio, no, and a flashlight.

It was a tinplate Tiger-head brand flashlight that I had gotten for him during the summer.

This grandson has become depressed ever since Fangyan and the others successfully reported the incident.

After all, he didn't get in, and that little box was as dry as a clothesline.

With such crooked teeth, even a surgeon wouldn't know how to sew the wound if he bit him.

So he is also worried about his future. He is under a lot of pressure now and is counting on Brother Tianer to help him every day.

Now I can actually watch Xia Tian laugh, I'm so happy! I'm celebrating and jumping up and down!
He and Ma Xiaojun were both so happy - it is said that there is definitely a way to coax children in summer!
Liu Huiyuan and the others didn't know it yet, but Pants always showed his teeth to tease Li Bailing when she was talking, as if he had bad intentions.

He would definitely have to tell Li Bailing, Li Bailing would have to tell Qiao Qiao, Qiao Qiao would have to tell Liu Huiyuan, Fatty Wu and the others...

Summer: Good things happen at home, bad things happen by plane!

Although friends were joking about this, they were actually extremely envious in their hearts.

That is the most important radio station, with the most popular program!
Who here has not heard of "Little Trumpet"?
Brother Tianer can actually go up there and sing?

Brother Tian, ​​please take me with you next time, I will dance with you!
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February is here quickly, and since it’s almost the Chinese New Year, it’s quite peaceful.

All units work hard throughout the year and strive to provide workers with more benefits and give them some good things at the end of the year.

To this end, everyone used their unique skills and contacted various places and factories.

After all, that was the planned economy era. Many things could not be bought even if you had money, and you had to rely on your connections.

For example, frozen fish from Chagan Lake! For example, pork! For example, apples and pears! For example, hairtail!

You have to find ways to purchase these things so that everyone can have a prosperous year.

At this time, the level of the buyer is very important.

The factory next door is enjoying a good life, but why is it that you only give out five kilograms of kelp during the Chinese New Year?
On February 2, Xia Tian heard Xiaodong say that the "Yanjing Roast Duck Restaurant" had restored the "Quanjude" brand.

The news came more than a month ago, and Xia Tian even took them out for a meal, which cost more than ten yuan.

Even this roast duck restaurant has entered a new era.

In addition, "Jingweixiang" was changed back to Yueshengzhai.

"Xinlu Restaurant" is also called Bianyifang.

"Xuanwu Pickle Garden" was changed back to Liubiju.

Even the "Xinjingcheng" where I often went to develop photos in the summer has been restored to "Dabei Photography".

They're all back!

Maybe it’s because I’m old, or maybe it’s time for people of the same age to think about the future, or maybe some people have already left by train…

So this year no one chose the summer to hold a snow wrestling competition.

Besides, the snow is not heavy this year, so there is no need for everyone to clear the snow.

This winter is so boring.

On the 15th, it was New Year’s Eve.

Post offices around the world have introduced a new stamp.

At this time, the department above the Post Office was still the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

Xia Tian was busy helping his father buy New Year's goods. If there were any rare things, he had to bring some to Dachun and Milan. He was so busy that he didn't notice this matter yet.

He found that the pigeon market is now bigger and more upright, with many people trading.

There is less bartering, but more goods.

This is a good thing.

Even in the summer, I found people selling couplets and blessing characters on the stalls! They were the kind written on red paper with ink.

The handwriting is not bad, and some people did ask about the price.

A pair of couplets, one large and one small, cost five cents. Many people bought them.

I didn’t buy any in the summer - I bought a big piece of red paper for 1 cent and could write a lot!

Although I haven’t found anyone selling firecrackers yet - this thing requires "medicine".

But it’s different, it’s really different.

In the summer, I sent couplets, Chinese characters for blessing, and some New Year goods to Dachun's family, mainly rare items like candies.

I also gave some to Xiaodong and Yanjing. Yanjing's family was okay, as they had only one son and mother, so everything was easy to deal with. But Xiaodong's family had a large population and was not rich.

Finally, I went to my grandmother’s house in Milan and gave her some gifts.

"You wrote it!" When Milan saw the couplet, he was very sure that it was written by Xia Tian.

"I don't think I've ever written calligraphy in front of you?" Xia Tian asked.

"Ha, you definitely won't let anyone make this money from you!" She smiled cunningly.

"You're telling me to do that! It's as if I'm going to die from scratching my head!"

Grandma Milan was very satisfied with Xia Tian and even left her lunch.

However, she now knows Xia Tian's real age. How can I say this? I feel a little complicated.
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Around the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, various units and factories resumed work. There were more people on the streets, and those electric buses with "big braids" began to run again.

There is a criss-crossing "power grid" above the road. This is the "power grid" for trams, and the buses below are connected to the power grid with two wires above their heads.

In the summer, you can see people passing by on the street hurriedly on bicycles or small carts carrying gas tanks.

Some people tie the gas tank to the back seat of the bicycle with a rope, while others hang a special hook on the back seat and then hang the gas tank on the side of the bicycle.

Yanjing's liquefied gas has been promoted since the 1970s and has developed many users.

By the end of last year, 1.2 industrial and welfare institutions and more than 68.1 households in Yanjing had switched from burning coal to burning gas.

People carrying gas tanks on bicycles to get gas has become a common sight on the streets.

However, there are few ventilation stations built now, and ventilation is a tiring job, which is even more unbearable for residents living in the suburbs.

Some even have to walk a hundred or eighty miles back and forth, and it will be over in just one morning!

He was the one who replaced the gas tank in Xia Tian’s house.

In order to make the most of liquefied gas, many families will soak the gas tank in a basin of hot water or shake the tank by the handle when the gas tank is empty. It turns out that these tricks can really "squeeze" out more gas.

In early March, Xia Tian took Dachun to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books, and then went to the nearby post office to buy some envelopes and stamps.

Nowadays, people can paste their own envelopes, but you can’t draw stamps yourself, right?!

I went to the post office in the summer and the staff was a woman in her thirties who was very enthusiastic.

Because I always come to buy stamps in the summer, much more frequently than normal people - I must have a lot of pen pals, right?
Xiatian is tall, fair, handsome, and speaks nicely. My elder sister likes him very much and has a very good attitude towards him.

But this time, the attitude seems to be much better!

Wait, no... ah, stamp recommendation! I was shocked!
The elder sister complained: "The superiors have given me a task, don't mention it, it makes me worried! If you use a lot, why not buy more!"

More than half a month ago on New Year’s Eve, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a new stamp.

Because it is the Year of the Monkey, it is called the “Monkey Stamp”.

The original plan was to issue a set of zodiac stamps according to the zodiac year.

But it was a bad start! The first monkey stamps were not selling well.

Sales in all regions were not good, and some even experienced "unsale".

As stamps are unsaleable, some post offices have issued an unwritten rule that any unsold stamps will be at their own risk.

Under pressure, many post office employees had to pay out of their own pockets to buy back the unsold "Monkey Stamps" and take them home.

A monkey stamp costs 8 cents, and there are 80 stamps in a plate, which is a total of 6 yuan!

If I buy a few copies, half a month's salary will be gone!

Hundreds of stamps, how long will it take to use them up?!

An eight-cent stamp is enough to send mail to any part of the country!

The people working in the post office were so anxious that they wanted to go out on the street and shout: Who wants to buy monkey stamps?

Looking at the monkey with black hair on a red background, each hair seeming to have a faint glow and a somewhat silly expression, Xia Tian smiled.

He knew that he was experiencing history again.

This thing is also very famous.

Who wouldn’t buy a few copies after being reborn?
The chief designer of this stamp once designed a commemorative stamp for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum; the painter was Huang Yongyu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Painting and professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts - the information brought by Xia Tianqi told him that Professor Huang's paintings in later generations would reach 10 yuan per square foot.

Both of them are famous craftsmen, so naturally the value of their monkey stamps is not low.

Moreover, things are valuable because they are rare. Although the monkey stamps are not selling well now, they will become rare in the future.

The original plan was to issue 800 million Monkey Stamps, but because the red ink had been stored for too long, the ink became very viscous and the printed stamps had adhesion problems and were not easy to dry, so the final product was less than 450 million.

The scrap rate of up to 50% has greatly reduced the issuance of Monkey Stamps. In addition, due to their age, use, abandonment, and speculation, the value of Monkey Stamps has continued to increase.

At its peak, a monkey stamp cost more than 12,000 yuan, and a whole edition cost more than one million yuan.

But, actually, there is no point in collecting this thing now.

Xia Tian thought: This can only be fulfilled after 30 years...it would be too sad if I still have to rely on these stamps to make money by then.

But it’s also a good idea to buy a few copies and keep them.

It is also meaningful just as a commemorative collection.

When the time comes, you can take it out and show it to others, it will be very face-saving.

...You can also give it as a gift to someone~
Although the lady at the post office was also worried, she couldn't bear to let Xia Tian spend money. Seeing Xia Tian holding a set of monkey stamps in thought, she couldn't help but persuade him, "Come on, forget it. Don't waste that money. I have my own way!"

Xia Tian glanced at her elder sister and said, "Sis, look at what you said. Otherwise, I will have to use stamps too. I will use them for my submissions."

"Ah! Little brother, you are also a writer?!" The elder sister became excited.

Even a few staff members who were paying attention to Xia Tian couldn't help but come over.

"Not really, not really. I haven't published many articles. They're all read by kids." Xia Tian scratched the back of his head with a naive look on his face.

The people around smiled very friendly.

"That's great, sister, please give me the fifth edition!" Xia Tian said.

"What?!" The eldest sister was a little scared.

"You have something else to say. Brother, I know your intentions, but don't waste money like this. Buy less!" The elder sister was so touched.

This is my own brother!

In the end, Xia Tian persuaded his "sister" to buy the fifth edition of monkey stamps.

Keep this thing properly, and take it out in 20 or 30 years, it will look really cool!

Thanks to book friends “o夜曡天明o” and “尾号8817” for the 100-point reward!
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